Golf-tee anchor



June 21 1927.

J. E. PRYOR GOLF TEE ANCHOR Filed Dec. 13, 1926 IN V EN TOR. cjlgsfivbflz zyor,

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Patented June 21, 1927.

UNITED I STATES JOSEPH E. PRYOR, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

GOLF-TEE ANCHOR.

Application filed December 13, 1926. Serial No. 154,460.

This invention relates to improvements in means separably attachable to ready-made golf-tees whereby the latter is conserved for repeated use.

The invention has for its principal object to provide an anchor device which may be readily attached to my ready-made golf-tee having a ground penetrating shank (of which there are several types on the mar ket), and which, when so attached, conserves the tee for repeated use by holding the same againstu'ndue flight if it should be struck by the player when driving a ball supported thereby, thus substantially elimi nating risk of loss of the tee during play, and also diminishing the undesirable scattering of tees on the playing course or links, where their presence is detrimental to lawn mowers used in keeping the course incondition.

The invention has for a further object to provide a tee anchoring device comprising an anchor element and a flexible chain connection, the latter having a novel construction of means for detachably coupling or connecting the same with the shank of a ready-made tee for the purposes above ment-ioned. p

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a golf-tee supported on the ground and in turn supporting a golfball. ready for play, the shank of said tee having connected therewith the novel anchoring device made according to and embodying the principles of this invention; Figure 2 is a sectionalview, taken on line 22 in said Figure 1; and Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the coupling device for separably attaching the anchoring device and golf-tee together.

Similar characters of reference-are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said drawings, the reference character 5 indicates the ball-sup porting head of any suitable form of readymade golf-tee, the same having in axial depending relation to said head 5 a ground penetrating shank 6, which when thrust in the ground positions the head 5 to operatively support the ball 7 ready for play, all as shown, more especially, in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The tee anchoring device per se comprises an anchor element 3, which may consist in a plate-like body of any suitable peripheral shape, and preferably made of metal to provide a drag-weight sufficient to substantially impede the flight of the, tee should the same be struck by the player when driving the ball. Said anchor element is provided with a perforate portion 9 to receive the connection of a flexible tie-member or connection 10, which is preferably made in the form of ametallic chain, and which by its weight adds to the weight of the anchor element 8 as a drag upon or impediment to the flight of the .tee should the same be struck by the player as aforesaid. Connected with the free end of the tie-member or connection, 10 is a coupling member for separable engagement with the shank 6 of the tee, to thus couple or secure the anchoring device and tee together in operative relation. This coupling member comprises a metallic body which is doubled on itself'to provide a base or back-plate 11 and a spring clampplate 12. The base or back-plate 11 is somewhat longer than the spring clamp-plate 12 to provide an exposed perforate free end portion to receive the attachment thereto of the free end of the tie-member or chain 10. The spring clamp-plate 12 is provided in? termediate its ends with a transversely disposed outwardly bowed porti0n13 which forms at the inner face thereof a receiving groove or channel 14: (see Figure 8.)

To apply the anchoring device to the golftee, the shank 6 of the latter is thrust downwardly through the receiving groove or channel 14: to lie intermediate the back-plate 11 and the clamp-plate 12. The tension of said clamp-plate 12 tends to thrust the tee-shank 6 laterallyvagainst the back-plate 11, Whereby said shank is strongly gripped between the clamp-plate and back-plate, and thus frictionally bound against displacement from operative assembled relation to the anchoring device. The receiv ng groove or channel 14: so embraces the tee-shank 6 as to ative position adapted to support the hall 7 ready for play. It, in play, the player should inadvertently strike the tee, while it may be dislodgedfrom engagement with the ground, it Will not tend to a long flight under the impulsion of the blow, since the anchoring device will quickly impede such flight, and will by its presence enable the player to quickly locate and recover the same in event of such dislodgement.

The novel form of anchoring device I have vide monograins thereon or other ornamental embellishment, and t maybe so made as to provide. utilitarian features in addition to its function as an anchor device. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim;- y

1. An anchoring device for ready-made golf tees, comprising an anchor element, a

flexible tie to extendfrom said anchor element, and a coupling member connected with the free end ofsaid tie, saidcoupling member comprising a metallic body doubled longitudinally upon. itself to provide a back- 7 plate, and an overlying clamp-plate tensionally related to said hack-plate to cooperate therewith in frictionally gripping the shank of a golf-tee thrust therebtween.

2: Air anchoring device for ready-made golttees, comprisingan. anchor element, a flexible tie to extend from said anchor element, and a coupling member cormectedxivith the free end of said tie, said cou Jling niemher comprising a metallic body d ouhled longitudinally upon itself to provide a backplate and an overlying (312L1I1]' J'Plt1t tensionally related to saidback-plate to cooperate therewith in frictionally gripping the shank of a golf-tee thrust therehetweeny and said clampplate having an outwardly bowed transversely disposed portion intermediate its ends toprovide an internal groove to embrace the engagedgolifltce shank andsupfport the same againstdisplacement fronrdesired vertical position.

In testimony, that I claim the invention setxforth aboveI have hereunto setrny hand this 23rd day of October, 1926; y y

l JOSEPH EJPRYOR; 

